Cruel To Be Kind

[roatelgari]

Location: Sefton's Quarters
Time: Backdated to Day 3, Month 11, Turn 2
Players: Sefton and Roa
Scene: The next weekly meeting between the weyrwoman and the Headmaster. Do they discuss politics? Exiles? Murders and mayhem? Mmm...not so much, no.

Comments

[miniyal]

Not only am I going to have to quit working for you, but I am pretty sure that option of killing you will look very good soon enough. :)

Nicely done.

[lesefton]

I come back to reread this because it was so much fun.

1. Snap, Roa. For those who do not read every log that goes by, here she is throwing Sefton's recent words back at him. She is so clever. This is another moment when when Sef realises what potential she's got:
"I have been told that a thing can only be debated fruitfully in one's own head for so long. Eventually, to progress, ideas must be spoken aloud and tested."

2. Oh, she is so clever. This is one of the best and neatest bits of analysis I've seen in a very long time:
"He'd listen for you," Roa says after a moment of consideration. "I'd listen for myself. Someone listening for you is what you need." There's another bite and swallow before she adds "But you need someone listening."

3. There is a circle. Penny is inside it. Sefton's brothers and cousins are inside it. As of just recently, for reasons too diverse to quantify here, Roa has moved inside it. I am waiting intently for the day she realises this means that now she can ask, and Sefton will give.

[roatelgari]

I'm sort of waiting for that too. It will be a while, yet. Roa takes so very long to trust and to test what that trust means.

This was a phenomenal scene. Thank you thank you, Sefton.

[issaoshisyth]

As always, so very enjoyable, you two.

[pennifred]

I love reading these logs. I rarely understand half of what is said, but I enjoy them anyway.

And green IS her color, thankyouverymuch.

That was bloody fantastic.